DONALD TRUMP and his wife, Melania, have arrived at Capitol Hill to pay respects to former President George HW Bush, ahead of funeral services later this week.

Bush served as America's 41st president from 1988 until 1992, and served before that as vice president during Ronald Reagan's administration. His death, late Friday at his home in Houston, was announced by his son and fellow Republican, former President George W. Bush. The Trumps spent just over a minute in the US Capitol Rotunda.